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Xenophobic Attack: FG Blasts S-africa Minister by Botango23(m): 11:01pm On Feb 27, 2017
LAGOS— Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters to the President, Mrs. Abike Dabiri- Erewa, has tongue-lashed South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister, Mr. Malusi Gigaba, over his negation of the death of 116 Nigerians in xenophobic attacks by his fellow countrymen. Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa in a strongly worded statement bemoaned as irresponsible the failure of the minster to realise the fact that xenophobia is a social disease which his countrymen needed to be cured of. Noting with irony that Nigeria’s past assistance to South Africa has fetched xenophobia, Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa remonstrated with the South African Home Affairs minister over his lethargic response that the death of “more than 100 Nigerians” should be sorted out at the diplomatic level. She said: “It appears that Mr. Gigaba would rather dwell on and entertain himself with diplomatic niceties when the welfare of Nigerians resident in South Africa are at stake now more than any time in recent history. “His response to the xenophobic attacks, which has now become a recurring decimal on Africans, most especially Nigerians living peacefully in their host country of South Africa was, indeed, unfortunate.” “While it’s no longer news that law-abiding Nigerians in that country have borne the major brunt of these attacks, the news by the Home Affairs Minister that his country is trying to get rid of criminals in his country at the time when indiscriminate mayhem and looting of law-abiding Nigerians is very suspicious, to say the least. Even if this unguarded statement must be taken in its face value, we wonder if wanton destruction and indiscriminate killing of their African brothers is the most sensible excuse to give. The home affairs minister should have been more guarded and introspective in his statements so as not to further fan the embers of xenophobia that may get out control if care is not taken. “Nigeria and South Africa have a long-standing diplomatic relationship in which the former played a critical, if not a pivotal role that culminated in ending apartheid, among so many of her positive interventions. “Indiscriminate killings, in which 116 deaths have been recorded of her people MUST not be how Nigeria should be paid back. Xenophobia is such a debilitating social disease, based mostly on ignorance, in which its carrier also suffers. I therefore suggest that the home affairs minister should engage in the mass education of the South African people about the debilitating effects of this disease with immediate effect. “It’s apt to mention at this juncture that the home affairs minister only met with African consulates forum, an association of African consuls general, based in South Africa recently , despite the fact that this meeting was long overdue. “Mr. Gigaba’s response to the mayhem that a segment of the South African people perpetrated on law-abiding Nigerians in South Africa smirks of insensitivity, and it’s therefore very reprehensible, if not unacceptable. In view of this unfortunate statement, I am therefore restating my earlier call on the African Union (AU) to take up the South Africa’s xenophobic issue as a matter of urgency. “The days that the Nigerian government will fold its arms while its citizens are maltreated to the point that some of them have lost their lives for no just cause are long gone.”

Re: Xenophobic Attack: FG Blasts S-africa Minister by lordcashflow(m): 11:02pm On Feb 27, 2017
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Re: Xenophobic Attack: FG Blasts S-africa Minister by Botango23(m): 11:04pm On Feb 27, 2017
lordcashflow:
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Re: Xenophobic Attack: FG Blasts S-africa Minister by Botango23(m): 11:05pm On Feb 27, 2017
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Re: Xenophobic Attack: FG Blasts S-africa Minister by jamex93(m): 11:12pm On Feb 27, 2017
what rubbish....


Make those guys come back home, make we reason how we go take fix naija league abge

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Re: Xenophobic Attack: FG Blasts S-africa Minister by Botango23(m): 11:19pm On Feb 27, 2017
jamex93:
what rubbish....


Make those guys come back home, make we reason how we go take fix naija league abge
Den no go fit come home, because they know that Nigeria is in a great recession,they prefer death than suffering
Re: Xenophobic Attack: FG Blasts S-africa Minister by jamex93(m): 11:20pm On Feb 27, 2017
Botango23:

Den no go fit come home, because they know that Nigeria is in a great recession,they prefer death than suffering


that's why I say make we fix Nigeria league dey play bet for the main time till God go hear naija cry
Re: Xenophobic Attack: FG Blasts S-africa Minister by bantudra: 11:25pm On Feb 27, 2017
break the ties with them...

they dont want to be africans and africans dont want them in africa too...

all africans agree on this,even the moslems... angry

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Re: Xenophobic Attack: FG Blasts S-africa Minister by bantudra: 11:34pm On Feb 27, 2017
black south africans are liers....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SPTqYzbmog
Re: Xenophobic Attack: FG Blasts S-africa Minister by Horus(m): 11:35pm On Feb 27, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsma2i4BSqw

SA High Commissioner, Police Assures Nigerians Of Protection -- Abike Dabiri Pt. 1


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9iycPKPFnk

SA High Commissioner, Police Assures Nigerians Of Protection -- Abike Dabiri Pt. 2
Re: Xenophobic Attack: FG Blasts S-africa Minister by DozieInc(m): 12:01am On Feb 28, 2017
Time to take action.
Re: Xenophobic Attack: FG Blasts S-africa Minister by dannybomb(m): 4:09am On Feb 28, 2017
still on the same matter, we have been going on with this over and over again, we need lasting solution not lashing mouth
Re: Xenophobic Attack: FG Blasts S-africa Minister by Botango23(m): 10:06am On Feb 28, 2017
jamex93:



that's why I say make we fix Nigeria league dey play bet for the main time till God go hear naija cry
OK Bro

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